taken 10 years ago, near to Babbacombe, Torbay, Great Britain

Victoria Road and Ellacombe Road, Torquay

A view across the triangular island at the bottom of SX9164 : Windsor Road, Torquay. The main road here, called Hatfield Road as it approaches from Hatfield Cross, and Ellacombe Church Road as it proceeds further east, briefly becomes Victoria Road; at least, the properties on the left are numbered as for Victoria Road, which then drops away to the right to become one of a maze of little back streets in Ellacombe.

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The architect of St Mary Magdalene was Anthony Salvin in 1843-9. This postcard by Nicholas Horne of Totnes, taken around 1970, shows what Pevsner calls the "riotous chancel" begun under George Gilbert Scott in 1881 and completed in 1906 with the gigantic statues of Christ and the Patriarchs above Scotts reredos which shows the Crucifixion and scenes from the purported life of Mary Magdalene. According to Pevsner and Cherry (1989) the walls have been painted a "shrieking red".